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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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Planetary Names: Catena, catenae: Terah Catena on Ganymede

Terah Catena

Feature Name	Terah Catena
Clean Name	Terah Catena
Feature ID	5923
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Catena, catenae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	8.80 °
Southernmost Latitude	5.70 °
Easternmost Longitude	274.80 °
Westernmost Longitude	280.20 °
Diameter	283.00 km
Center Latitude	7.10 °
Center Longitude	277.60 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((80.02587890625 7.9805908203145, 79.85009765625 8.1563720703145, 79.76220703125 8.3321533203145, 79.740234375 8.5848388671895, 79.839111328125 8.7716064453145, 80.00390625 8.7935791015645, 80.33349609375 8.6397705078145, 80.937744140625 8.2442626953145, 81.5419921875 7.9146728515645, 82.22314453125 7.6290283203145, 82.61865234375 7.4093017578145, 83.10205078125 7.1236572265645, 83.54150390625 6.8599853515645, 84.0029296875 6.6622314453145, 84.497314453125 6.4644775390645, 84.77197265625 6.3765869140645, 85.068603515625 6.2008056640645, 85.134521484375 5.9810791015645, 85.024658203125 5.7064208984395, 84.33251953125 5.7283935546895, 83.62939453125 6.0140380859395, 82.9482421875 6.3656005859395, 82.39892578125 6.6512451171895, 81.82763671875 6.9039306640645, 81.223388671875 7.2335205078145, 80.674072265625 7.5081787109395, 80.300537109375 7.7718505859395, 80.02587890625 7.9805908203145))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Phoenician
Quad	-
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2000
Origin	Phoenician moon god who battled with Keret in Negeb.
Last Updated	Feb 25, 2016 11:34 AM

Terah Catena

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